Inamin ni President Donald Trump na inutusan na nito ang kaniyang administrasyon na simulan ang proseso ng pagputol sa policy exemptions na nagbibigay ng special treatment sa Hong Kong.
Ang nasabing hakbang ay bilang tugon umano sa kontrobersyal na security law na isinusulong naman ng parliyamento ng China sa Hong Kong.
Sa ilalim kasi ng batas na ito ay kaagad maikukulong ang sinomang sasali sa isinasagawang kilos-protesta sa naturang lungsod.
“My announcement today will affect the full range of agreements that we have with Hong Kong, from our extradition treaty, to our export controls and technologies,” saad ni Trump.
“We will take action to revoke Hong Kong’s preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of China.”
Hindi naman nagbigay ng malinaw na detalye si Trump kung ano-anong klaseng hakbang ang kaniyang gagawin.
“China claims it is protecting national security. But the truth is that Hong Kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. Beijing’s decision reverses all of that. It extends the reach of China’s invasive state security apparatus into what was formally a bastion of liberty,” dagdag pa nito.
Sinabi rin ng American president na nakahanda na itong obligahin ang lahat ng Chinese at foreign companies na nakalista sa U.S. financial exchange na sumunod sa Ameican accounting at audit standards.
